
ERIC Number: EJ498816
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Paragraphs (The Friendly Editor).
Bush, Don
Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, v42 n1 p166-68 Feb 1995
Suggests that editors resist the common urge to squeeze paragraphs together to save space. Discusses the difference between writing and editing paragraphs, topic sentences, connectives, levels of discourse, what paragraphs do for the writer, how long paragraphs should be, and the flexibility of paragraph structure. (RS)
Descriptors: Coherence, Connected Discourse, Editing, Higher Education, Paragraphs, Readability, Technical Writing
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Special Section: Measuring the Value Added by Professional Technical Communicators.